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...mean they are always inherently harmful. MacKinnon’s brand of feminism is of that tired sort that presumes women lack autonomy of any sort when it comes to sex. She is joined by feminists like former Harvard Law Professor Susan Estrich, whose book “Real Rape?? essentially suggested that women are always coerced into sex. Effectively, according to these theorists, we can’t trust women who say they make choices of their own free will—women are always victims. MacKinnon’s argument, that poor women only go into...
...central set piece. “The Fantasticks” would have been an altogether different show. Yet adherence to these traditions was not free from controversy. One song, “It Depends On What You Pay,” foregrounds the word “rape?? and details a number of ways one might commit the act based on the idea that “rape?? once simply meant “to take by force.” The directors addressed the issue directly in the program, writing...
...column “Rushing to Rape?? (Apr.18) Lucy M. Caldwell ’09 falsely attributes mistakes made in the Duke “rape?? case to the larger movement to raise awareness about sexual violence and its victims. Aside from generalizations and mischaracterizations she makes about Take Back the Night, Caldwell casts aside years of rigorous empirical findings and asserts that a woman can best protect herself against violence by taking responsibility for her own social and sexual behavior. Of course, actual research concluding that education on the prevalence, consequences, and forms of sexual...
...column “Rushing to Rape?? (Apr.18) Lucy M. Caldwell ’09 falsely attributes mistakes made in the Duke “rape?? case to the larger movement to raise awareness about sexual violence and its victims. Aside from generalizations and mischaracterizations she makes about Take Back the Night, Caldwell casts aside years of rigorous empirical findings and asserts that a woman can best protect herself against violence by taking responsibility for her own social and sexual behavior. Of course, actual research concluding that education on the prevalence, consequences, and forms of sexual...
Lucy M. Caldwell’s column “Rushing to Rape?? (Apr. 18) rushed to its own uninformed conclusion: women should prevent sexual assault by “taking control of [their] sexual behavior.” Rather than ascribing responsibility for sexual violence to the attackers, she suggests that women should stop giving men the opportunity and the cause, from excessive alcohol consumption to unclear relationship expectations, to rape them. She also writes that “morning-after guilt and regrets can give way to overblown cries of violation or abuse...